From: pedregal@eternity.cs.umass.edu (Message Meister)
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 09:55:01 -0500 (EST)
Greetings. Thanksgiving, the holiday season and Winter in general, trigger
our urge to eat more. Some worry about gaining weight. Worry no more....
People who spend most of their day at a desk face a particular problem in
losing weight. Too many of these people fail to realize that calories can
be burned off by the hundreds by engaging in strenuous exercises that are
common for sedentary workers:
Activity Calories Burned
Beating around the bush 75
Jogging your memory 125
Jumping to conclusions 100
Climbing the walls 250
Swallowing your pride 150
Passing the buck 25
Grasping at straws 75
Throwing your weight around (depends on weight) 50-300
Dragging your heels 100
Pushing your luck 360
Making mountains out of molehills 500
Hitting the nail on the head 50
Spinning your wheels 145
Flying off the handle 225
Turning the other cheek 50
Wading through paperwork 300
Bending over backwards 75
Jumping on the bandwagon 200
Beating your head against a wall 450
Patting yourself on the back 25
Sticking your neck out 980
Racing against time 300
Running around in circles 215
Chewing nails 85
Fishing for compliments 35
Tooting your own horn 50
Climbing the ladder of success 750
Pulling out the stops 100
Adding fuel to the fire 85
Pouring salt on a wound 30
Wrapping it up at day's end 12
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(author unknown)